Summary:
ZIP code 90270 has two high schools, both in Los Angeles Unified: Maywood Center for Enriched Studies serves grades 6–12 and enrolls 1,093 students, while Maywood Academy High serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 1,012. The most important finding is that results differ sharply between the schools, with Maywood Center ahead in every reported all-grades subject.
Maywood Center stands out for stronger 2025–26 proficiency: 67% in ELA, 39% in math and 39% in science, compared with 48%, 12% and 18%, respectively, at Maywood Academy. The gaps are 20 points in ELA, 26 in math and 21 in science. The difference remains in the directly comparable 11th grade, where Maywood Center leads by 28 points in ELA, 21 in math and 28 in science. Maywood Academy is particularly behind in math: its 12% proficiency is below the state’s 38%, while Maywood Center is at 39%.
Recent changes also favor Maywood Center: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, it gained 2 points in ELA and 7 points each in math and science; Maywood Academy’s ELA fell 2 points, while math rose 1 point and science was essentially unchanged. SchoolDigger gives Maywood Center 4 stars and Maywood Academy 2; its ranking percentile rose from 69 to 77 for Maywood Center and moved from 36 to 34 for Maywood Academy over the reported years. Other outcomes reinforce the contrast: chronic absenteeism is 13% at Maywood Center and 41% at the Academy, versus 18% statewide. As context, their 2024–25 student-teacher ratios are similar—18.7 and 18.4—and both report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25: 87% at Maywood Center and 97% at the Academy. These figures describe different grade spans, so 11th-grade results offer the fairest same-grade comparison.
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